UK: The Rolling Stones curate Confessin’ The Blues in collaboration with BMG and Universal, with donations going to Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation

The Rolling Stones are the biggest champions of the blues and in collaboration with BMG and Universal, they have curated Confessin’ The Blues, a compilation containing the music that inspired them throughout their career.

Confessin’ The Blues collects the greatest names in blues and provides a perfect education to the genre. The tracklisting, picked by The Rolling Stones, in collaboration with BMG and Universal, is set to be released through BMG on 9 November.

Mick Jagger said, “The first Muddy Waters album that was really popular was Muddy Waters at Newport, which was the first album I ever bought”.

Keith Richards said, “If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.”

The Rolling Stones have long been supporters of the blues from before the start of their career right through to their latest album, Blue & Lonesome, where BMG published eight of the 12 tracks thanks to its extensive catalogue of works by blues legends including Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Magic Sam, Jimmy Reed, and Willie Dixon. BMG also represents the publishing interests of Mick and Keith.

As such big supporters of the genre, the band and BMG have decided that 10% of BMG’s net receipts* from the sale of this album (with a minimum of £0.65 (2CD) / £1.25 (2LP) / £3.00 (Bookpack) UK pounds sterling) will be donated to Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation (Registered as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organisation in the United States.)

Confessin’ The Blues will be available as a 2CD set, 2x2 Vinyl LP sets and a 5x10” Vinyl bookpack (mimicking the original 78RPM releases). All versions include liner notes by music journalist Colin Larkin and the bookpack contains removeable art card prints by noted blues illustrator Christoph Mueller. The album cover artwork comes courtesy of Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood who has added his own personal twist to the project by painting his interpretation of a Bluesman.

*THE CHARITABLE DONATION IS CALCULATED ON NET RECEIPTS BEING AMOUNTS EQUAL TO MONIES ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY BMG FROM THE SALE OF THIS ALBUM AFTER DEDUCTIONS OF CREDITS FOR RETURNS AND VAT (OR SIMILAR SALES TAX).